President Trump is reportedly using money from the Republican National Committee (RNC) and his reelection campaign to pay some of the legal costs surrounding the federal probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Two payments totaling $231,250 have already been made and will be disclosed on federal election forms due on Wednesday, the RNC confirmed to The Hill. Reuters reported the payments first earlier on Tuesday.

Trump has also used money from his campaign coffers for lawyer costs associated with the Russia investigation being run by former FBI director Robert Mueller, the Reuters report said.

Lawmakers and political officials can use their campaign accounts to pay for attorneys, as long as it stems from any work related to being a public official.

In one example, a judge last year ruled that former Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) could not use his campaign funds to pay to defend the allegations he had solicited sex in an airport bathroom.

Thehill.com for those narrow minded republic*nts who will cry "fake news"

No wonder he was in such a big hurry to hold a 2020 re-election fund raiser!

I thought trump was a billionaire? Why are donors payin for his legal fees?

Two reasons. According to what I've read so far, this is entirely legal. There is a fund set up by each of the parties to pay legal fees of their candidates. Kind of shows how the politicians think of their relationship to the country these days.

As for why Rich Man Trump does this, that's obvious. For his ENTIRE LIFE he has arranged to have other people pay for everything for him, including all of his pretended personal "donations" to charity. Even the businesses he started and then drove into bankruptcy were paid for by American Taxpayers.

Not to mention the stream of White House lawyers that make up the White House Council that have paid salaries by the taxpayers.

Basically they are being paid for doing nothing now, as Donald Trump has chosen not to use them, and has hired from the outside instead.

White House staffers who are getting caught up in the investigation are not represented by the White House counsel's office. Many are and are having to hire their own personal lawyers. At $1500 an hour, it can bankrupt most people pretty quick! But since Donald only hires millionaires, I'm assuming they are spending more on their lawyer fees than they are making in salary and still being able to afford it.

This kind of legal representation doesn't come cheap. When Hillary Clinton ran for Senate in 2000, as her husband was winding down his presidency, her personal financial disclosure showed they owed lawyers somewhere between $2.3 million and $10.6 million. Disclosures in later years indicated the Clintons paid up.

He does own a lot of equity in all of his properties, however he continually re-finances them for cash money, and every property he owns has some kind of mortgage on them.

Take his most expensive property- Trump Tower, for instance, the building itself has over 200 condos in it that are not even his anymore. The last appraisal for his portion of the building was $480 million dollars.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the building’s commercial mortgage had been refinanced in 2012.

The Trump Organization refinanced the retail and office space in its Trump Tower headquarters building at 725 Fifth Ave. in Midtown Manhattan, replacing an expiring $27 million mortgage with a $100 million mortgage. The upshot for Trump: a markedly lower interest rate—4.2%, down from 7.9%—and roughly $72.4 million in cash.

So, it looks a lot like Donald Trump is basically robbing Peter to pay Paul like everybody else!

Now you have it. This is what our government has come to be. No laws. No rules. Just a bunch of bought & paid for con artists who have no shame, no morals, no credibility who will stop at nothing to pad their own pockets & screw each & every person who put them where they are.

I've never missed an election - not even the mid terms. I'm beginning to understand why people don't bother to vote.

What response could they possibly have?
They aren't capable of forming a complete sentence, much less defending a "sentence" that their savior is using Koch money to bail his & his family's sorry defense out of.

SPEND! SPEND! SPEND!
It's the republicant way - as long as they're not footing the bill!

Minnesota Governor is going after chump for his unethical promises about HIS wealthcare bill.

I love Mark Dayton. He's been in office for over 2 decades & has NEVER taken a check. (My former neighbor & he ROCKS!!!)
Plus, he doesn't claim to be a billionaire. No scandals. No tax debts. No screwing over businesses.
Just a true Dem fighting for the RIGHTS of the middle class.